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HUD recently issued guidance for making appeals or technical reviews of the NSPIRE housing inspection protocol. According to HUD, public housing authorities (PHAs) and owners have experienced issues when submitting appeals in the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) IT system.

But forms needed to implement HOTMA are still forthcoming.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs recently updated a series forms required for Multifamily Section 8 programs. According to the Office of Housing, the documents in this package are ready for use and can be accessed at www.hud.gov/program_offices/administration/hudclips/forms.

PHAs persuaded HUD to give them more time.

On July 5, HUD released a notice extending the compliance date for HUD’s National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for a number of HUD programs until Oct. 1, 2025. This notice is the second extension of this compliance date. The previous extension had been until Oct. 1, 2024.

Three kinds of AI ad tools can get you into trouble when applied to housing.

Savvy use of digital media for marketing purposes can be a useful tool for owners, but it can also get them into fair housing trouble. The same artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithmic technologies that empower you to streamline and target your marketing can also be used, whether deliberately or inadvertently, to exclude groups the fair hou...

We review the proposed expansion of tenant rights and protections.

The Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) in HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) recently announced a preview version of proposed changes to the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program regulations. HUD’s goal for this proposed rule is to revise the current HOME regulations to update and streamline requirements, better align the...